Politics
Gingrey war chest at $1.4 million for 2010 re-election bid: The latest reports from the Federal Election Commission show U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey had $1,400,930 in the bank for his election bid. Gingrey reported contributions of just over $1 million for Jan. 1-March 31 with around $624,000 coming from individual donors and $347,000 from political action committees. So far, Gingrey has no declared opposition in the July primary or November general election> FEC
-Floyd County Democrats elect new vice chairs: Stacy Walker has been vice chairman for elections and Robin Fox, vice chairman for communications for the Floyd County Democratic Party. Planning continues for "A Day for Democrats" set for June 5th at the Rome Civic Center. Monthly meetings will continue at the Pullen Meeting Room, 10 W. First St. The meetings will be held the Saturday after the first Friday of each month.
Latest obituaries now delivered by e-mail: Another longtime newspaper "must see" feature is growing on the Internet. Funeral homes, including Fred Talley's Parkview Chapel Funeral Home, let you subscribe to what's basically an e-mail update service that lets you know when a new obituary has been posted. The jump from print-to-posting started with classified ads, especially real estate and autos, and continues with legal ads, too. Talley's
Rome(s) with a view:
This morning's chamber business before hours meeting from 8 until 9:30 a.m. highlights a tour of the restored Cherokee Lodge Historic Mason Building on Broad Street. This photo and a series of others (click here, photos courtesy of the chamber) detail the extent of renovations contracted by property owner Dr. Matt Mumber. Hardy Realty is showcasing the property.
MegaMillion jackpot worth $143 million tonight; PowerBall jackpot at $252 million on Wednesday: Feeling lucky? The early week drawings for two of Georgia's most popular games have a combined value of nearly $400 million. Your odds of winning MegaMillions: About 1 in 176 million. As for PowerBall: 1 in around 195 million.> Lottery
Weather: Rainy Tuesday in the forecast.
-Pollen count: 768> Details
-Tuesday: Cooler, high of 72; 60% chance of rain.
-Tuesday night: Low of 46; 60% rain chance.
-Wednesday: Sunny, high of 76.
-Wednesday night: Partly cloudy, low of 46.
-Extended forecast> Click / Regional radar
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-Cedartown's Krige Schabort just misses the mark in Boston: 37-year-old South African Ernest Van Dyk gets the win in the Boston Marathon's wheelchair race. (Details) Schabort will be in this month's Clocktower Classic in Rome> DH
-Ga. Northwestern, Southern Co. launch Instrumentation & Controls Academy> Polk Headlines
-Ga. Northwestern aviation center offers LaserGrade/PSI testing> CH
-Shorter voice students had an impressive showing at the recent Southeastern Regional National Association of Teachers of Singing> Details
-Shorter sophomore Trey Smagur and junior Bradley Harris were named winners of the annual Knight Performers' Scholarship Competition> Click
-April 22/Berry College's 13th Annual Conference on Politics, Religion, Culture and Community will be held in Evans Auditorium. The theme: "No Citizen Left Behind: The State of Civic Education in America." Free; open to all.
-May 20/Realtors' golf tournament benefits Toys for Tots: The Greater Rome Board of Realtors' Charity Golf Tournament is set for noon May at Coosa Country Club. The entry fee is $400 per team; mulligans are $40 per team. Sponsorships range from $100 to $2,500. Details: Tony Lane, 706-506-8819
-April 23/The two-time national champion Shorter College Cheer Hawks will host a stunt and tumbling clinic and a second round of tryouts from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Winthrop-King Centre> Click
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